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 | George F. Smith - Barbarous Relic |
Thomas Paine, Liberty's Hated Torchbearer  |
| When Thomas Paine's ship pulled into Baltimore harbor on October 30, 1802, a large gathering of friends and admirers were waiting at dockside to welcome him back. Others stood by as well, some filled with loathing, merely to observe a famous figure.Saturday, February 13, 2021 |
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 | Philip Judge - Anglo Far East |
| Petro-Dollars and Sound Money |
| In this report we take a brief look at the growing world of Islamic Financing and Banking, it’s history, and strict governing laws. We will observe it’s unique features, implementation strategy and give some background to the ideology that exists behind the system.Saturday, January 16, 2021 |
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 | Jan Skoyles Real Asset Co - The Real Asset Co |
 The full guide to Nazi gold and currency war |
| This morning’s papers and news-shows are full of the story that in 1939 the Bank of England facilitated the sale of Nazi looted gold, not just once but at least twice during that year. Both times without approval of the British government, despite an attempt to freeze Czech assets.
The story of Nazi gold is both fascinating and tragic. We take a look at ‘the greatest robbery of all time’ and draw parallels with the modern day gold migration.
What is Nazi gold?
Nazi gold is a phrase that refers tTuesday, April 7, 2020 |
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 | Oilprice.com - oilprice.com |
| Bitcoin Was Only The Beginning… |
| Upset that you missed the boat on the bitcoin craze last year?
Millionaires were minted overnight as bitcoin returned 1,700 percent in 2017, only to see prices crash by more than half since December. The bubble seems to have popped, and not everyone got out in time.
While we may be past the peak temporarily, the cryptocurrency trend is just getting started, and investor enthusiasm is still growing by the day.
(Click to enlarge)While the bitcoin investment boat may have already set sail, it’s likThursday, February 15, 2018 |
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| Oilprice.com - oilprice.com |
| Is This The No.1 Blockchain Stock For 2018 |
| Cryptocurrencies are minting new millionaires faster than any other asset class in history have. Period.
Blockchain, the backbone of cryptocurrency and expected to become the biggest market disrupter ever, is creating incredible wealth for some investors and generating massive returns.
A $1,000 investment in Bitcoin in 2010 would have earned you $35 million by mid-2017, although that would have dropped back a bit since then.
FOMO (fear of missing out) is an epidemic at this point, but most invesMonday, February 12, 2018 |
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 | Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
| Brexit – the battle for ideas |
| The battle for ideas in the Brexit debate comes down to two basic economic approaches. The neo-Keynesian macroeconomists in the permanent establishment, who manage the state as economic planners and regulators are on one side. They are naturally sympathetic with the policies and ideals of their EU counterparts. Against them are those who argue that in economics free markets must have primacy over the state.It is turning out to be a modern rerun of the socialist calculation debate. In a communistThursday, February 1, 2018 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Game Changer |
| The last couple of days have been tumultuous and this is reflected by the headlines in the media. In an article on the website of The Guardian, we read:
Bitcoin has all the hallmarks of a classic speculative bubble and even after almost halving in value in a matter of weeks it still has further to fall, according to a leading team of economists.
As regulators in South Korea again signalled on Thursday that they were considering a ban on cryptocurrency exchanges, Capital Economics also dismissed Friday, January 19, 2018 |
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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| How To Get Bitcoin In Your Stock Portfolio |
| This report is an ADVERTISEMENT from Oilprice.com
2017 has undoubtedly been the year of bitcoin, breaking $1000 dollars on New Year’s Day before rocketing up to $15000 in early December. That’s a return of 1500 percent!
And as market fascination grows, investors are beginning to understand the real secret behind bitcoin’s success – the blockchain.
Blockchain is transforming markets with bitcoin, but that is only the beginning – it could soon change the world.
To understand how, you must first uWednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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| Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
The Brexit chicken game  |
| At last, there are signs a sense of reality is dawning on the EU’s negotiators about the futility of trying to force the UK to agree to a divorce settlement before talking about trade. However, there are still vestiges of a hope that Britain won’t leave the EU after all. Donald Tusk, the current European Council President, indicated it was still an option as recently as this week, but these hopes are wishful thinking.It has taken thinly-veiled threats from the UK to leave without a deal, unlessFriday, November 3, 2017 |
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 | Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| EU Shocked to Discover UK May Walk Away With No Deal |
| The EU now faces the shocking discovery that the UK is not Greece, the EU does not hold all the cards, and the UK is able and willing to simply walk away from ever-escalating EU demands.
Bloomberg reports U.K. Threatens to Quit Brexit Talks If It Faces Massive Bill.
The U.K. will quit Brexit talks unless the European Union drops its demands of a divorce payment of 100 billion euros ($112 billion), Brexit Secretary David Davis said.
Britain’s negotiations on leaving the EU would otherwise be pluMonday, May 22, 2017 |
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| Bullion Vault |
| Gold Bullion +2 for Week vs Falling Dollar as Trump's Troubles Spread to Turkey |
| GOLD BULLION recovered $5 per ounce from a dip below $1250 on Friday, heading for a 2.1% weekly gain as world stock markets cut their mid-week losses despite fresh pressure on US President Donald Trump over his team's foreign connections and Middle East policies.
Government bond yields ticked higher again, and the Dollar fell to new post-Trump election lows versus the single Euro currency.
That Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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| Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
| Update on Brexit |
| This article looks at the background to Brexit negotiations and concludes that Britain is negotiating from a position of strength, while the EU is increasingly in a position of financial difficulty. Not only will the European Commission be forced to scale back its spending and redistribution of resources, but the euro project is threatened by capital flight between member states, despite the early signs of economic recovery which should be restoring market confidence. Politicking aside, pressureFriday, May 12, 2017 |
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 | Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| Bank of England releases new data on its gold vault holdings |
| An article in February on BullionStar’s website titled “A Chink of Light into London’s Gold Vaults?” discussed an upcoming development in the London Gold Market, namely that both the Bank of England (BoE) and the commercial gold vault providers in London planned to begin publishing regular data on the quantity of physical gold actually stored in their gold vaults.
Critically, this physical gold stored at both the Bank of England vaults and the commercial London vaults underpins the gargantuan trFriday, April 28, 2017 |
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| Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
| The decline and fall of the EU |
| This article identifies the headwinds faced by the EU in the wake of Brexit.Without the UK, not only does the EU lose much of its importance on the world stage, but the Commission’s budget is left with an enormous hole. That is the decline. The fall is well under way, with capital flight significantly worse than generally realised, as a proper understanding of TARGET2 imbalances shows. Not only is the ECB running out of options, but without major support from Germany, France and Italy, Brussels Thursday, April 6, 2017 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| BIS Blames ECB for Rising Target2 Imbalances: Fear of Default |
| In the latest BIS Quarterly Review, the BIS points a finger at the ECB for rising Target2 imbalances.
That sounds highly accusatory, but the BIS also claims this is a “benign by-product of the decentralized implementation of the asset purchase program (APP) rather than as a sign of renewed capital flight.”
I strongly disagree that any of this is “benign” unless and until someone can tell me precisely how Italy, Spain, Greece, etc., are supposed to pay back the claims.
From the BIS (this is compWednesday, March 8, 2017 |
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 | Egon von Greyerz - Matterhorn AM |
| IT WILL ALL GO HORRIBLY WRONG |
| IT WILL ALL GO HORRIBLY WRONG
By Egon von Greyerz
To own gold is not climbing a wall of worry. For anyone who understands the problems that the world is now facing, physical gold ownership gives peace of mind and the best insurance that money can buy. So why is less than 0.5% of world financial assets invested in gold and gold stocks? There are several reasons for this. Firstly, 100 years of massive credit expansion and money printing have mainly inflated the asset classes that investors understFriday, March 3, 2017 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Art Market Bubble Bursting – Gauguin Priced At $85 Million Collapses 74 |
| – Art Market Bubble Bursting?
– Russian Billionaire Takes 74% Loss On “Investment”
– $85 Million Gauguin Bought By Dmitry Rybolovlev in 2008
– Christie’s auctioned the work at its evening sale in London
– Global art sales plummet, but China rises as ‘art superpower’
– China soon to dominates global art and gold market
– Art price volumes doubled since 2009
– As currencies debase super rich seek out stores of value
– Gold remains accessible store of value for all
– Stocks, bonds and many assets Wednesday, March 1, 2017 |
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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| Shorts digging in against silver, Turk tells KWN |
| GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk tells King World News that while the silver shorts were pushed back at $18 they are digging in. Turk thinks this will slow silver's advance but not stop it, since inflation is breaking out. His comments are excerpted at KWN here:
http://kingworldnews.com/james-turk-the-shorts-are-choosing-to-fight-des...
Also at KWN, Swiss gold fund manager Egon von Greyerz argues that banks in Germany and Luxembourg are in greater danger than banks in southern EuTuesday, February 28, 2017 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| Finance titans face off over $5 trillion London gold market |
| Some of the biggest names in finance are fighting for control of the London gold market -- a $5 trillion, three-century-old trading hub that is being forced to adapt to a digital age.
As the London Bullion Market Association revamps over-the-counter trades that are the market's major pricing benchmark, new ways of buying and selling precious metals are set to start next year from CME Group Inc., Intercontinental Exchange Inc., and the London Metal Exchange. Some big banks have stakes in the outcThursday, December 15, 2016 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| McDonald’s to Move European Base From Luxembourg to UK After EU Tax Harassment |
| Congratulation to McDonald’s. In the wake of ridiculous tax scrutiny by EU nannycrats, McDonald’s Announced it Would Move to UK.
McDonald’s Corp said on Thursday it would move its international tax base to the United Kingdom from Luxembourg after coming under increased scrutiny from European Union regulators over its tax arrangements in the small country.
McDonald’s said it would create a new international holding company domiciled in the UK that would receive the majority of royalties from licFriday, December 9, 2016 |
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